2019 Speedo Sectionals Minneapolis Day 2: Isabelle Stadden Wins 100 Back
The energy and time drops have been cooking up on Day 2 here in Minneapolis. Highlights include a twist with an “outside smoke” win, a splash of nail-biting close finishes, and a stir of relay fun. Wisconsin Aquatics, Fox Valley Swim Team, and Hawkeye Swim Club continue to show dominance and depth at Speedo Sectional in Minneapolis location. The events covered today will be the 200 Freestyle, 400 Individual Medley, 100 Backstroke, and the 400 Freestyle Relay.
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Women’s 200 Free
To kick off day two’s evening, Hannah Burvill of the Hawkeye Swim Club comfortably takes first with a winning time of 2:00.85. Tevyn Waddel was shortly behind her clocking in at 2:02.90, while the 800 Freestyle winner of last night, Rachel Stege, touches at 2:03.29.
Fourth place went to Alana Palmer at 2:03.87, fifth to Katelyn Blattner at 2:04.21, and sixth to Madison Waechter at 2:04.82. Delta Aquatics’s Grace Cooper went a 2:05.25 to out touch Kaylyn Schoof at 2:05.47 to conclude the A final.
1 Burvill, Hannah 21 Hawkeye Swim Clu 2:02.78 2:00.85 2 Waddell, Tevyn 21 Univ Minnesota-M 2:04.10 2:02.90 3 Stege, Rachel 16 Fox Valley Swim- 2:04.30 2:03.29 4 Palmer, Alana 18 Wisconsin Aquati 2:04.85 2:03.87 5 Blattner, Katelyn 19 Wyoming Aquatics 2:04.92 2:04.21 6 Waechter, Madison 20 Wisconsin Aquati 2:05.07 2:04.82 7 Cooper, Grace 16 Delta Aquatics-I 2:05.19 2:05.25 8 Schoof, Kaylyn 17 Elmbrook Swim Cl 2:05.28 2:05.47
Men’s 200 Free
The Men’s 200 Free was a close race across the field, but Cameron Kelley of the Linn- Mar Swim Team came out ahead on the touch with a 1:52.34.
Second through sixth place was a measure of a quick six tenths, proving how competitive this heat was. Ryan Netzel (1:53.34) touched behind Kelley to get second, and was followed by Jackson Allmon (1:53.53), Ean Vandergraaf (1:53.57), Stjepan Fiolic (1:53.80), and Jacob Harlan (1:53.91). Only 2 tenths behind Harlan were Nicholas Saulnier (1:54.28) and Michael Linnihan (1:53.33).
1 Kelley, Cameron 20 Linn-Mar Swim Te 1:53.50 1:52.34 2 Netzel, Ryan 19 Wyoming Aquatics 1:54.50 1:53.34 3 Allmon, Jackson 19 Council Bluffs S 1:54.15 1:53.53 4 Vandergraaf, Ean 19 New Trier Aquati 1:54.04 1:53.57 5 Fiolic, Stjepan 22 Hawkeye Swim Clu 1:54.18 1:53.80 6 Harlan, Jacob 21 Wyoming Aquatics 1:54.84 1:53.91 7 Saulnier, Nicholas 21 Univ Minnesota-M 1:54.12 1:54.16 8 Niemann, Robert 19 Wisconsin Aquati 1:54.74 1:54.28
Women’s 400 Individual Medley
Emma Lasecki pulled an outside smoke from Lane 1 to win the Women’s 400 I.M. at 4:57.27. Mallory Jump (5:27.27), and Callahan Dunn (5:57.73) fought hard till the finish to take second and third. Kelli McCarthy was able to break 5:00 and touch at 4:58.55. The top seed after prelims going into the finals but placed fifth at finals was Abbey Erwin and came into the wall at 5:00.65. Following Erwin were Magdalena Emary (5:01.11), Megan Hutchins (5:02.40), and Sydney Rogness (5:05.00).
1 Lasecki, Emma 17 Green Bay Swim C 5:03.76 4:55.42 2 Jump, Mallory 18 St Charles Swim- 5:01.13 4:57.27 3 Dunn, Callahan 17 Una Hsc-IL 5:01.70 4:57.73 4 McCarthy, Kelli 19 Edina Swim Club- 5:00.01 4:58.55 5 Erwin, Abbey 20 Univ Minnesota-M 4:59.36 5:00.65 6 Emary, Magdalena 19 Barrington Swim- 5:04.07 5:01.11 7 Hutchins, Megan 14 Riptide-MN 5:00.73 5:02.40 8 Rogness, Sydney 16 Mako Aquatics-MN 5:03.30 5:05.00
Men’s 400 Individual Medley
Caleb Aman from Wisconsin Aquatics dominated the field to win the event at 4:27.61. Fellow Wisconsin Aquatics teammate, Graham Miotke, was the runner up with a time of 4:33.61.
In third was Seth Borget (4:35.69), fourth was Michael Benington (4:36.95), and fifth was Kyle Lewarchick (4:37.02). The third and final wave of finishes included Timothy Rizzo (4:43.78), Benjamin Ramminger (4:45.55), and Austin Cabel (4:47.46).
1 Aman, Caleb 19 Wisconsin Aquati 4:22.94 4:27.61 2 Miotke, Graham 18 Wisconsin Aquati 4:40.92 4:33.61 3 Borgert, Seth 21 Wyoming Aquatics 4:37.55 4:35.69 4 Benington, Michael 17 Ultimate Swimmin 4:39.13 4:36.95 5 Lewarchick, Kyle 19 St Charles Swim- 4:41.21 4:37.02 6 Rizzo, Timothy 18 Riptide-MN 4:44.96 4:43.78 7 Ramminger, Benjamin 17 Madison Aquatic- 4:41.98 4:45.55 8 Cabel, Austin 18 St Charles Swim- 4:41.78 4:47.46
Women’s 100 Backstroke
Top seed Isabelle Stadden slams into the wall first with a winning time of 1:00.48. Tevyn Waddell takes her second second-place finish of the night at 1:01.43 In third was Margaret Wanezek (1:02.19), fourth was Megan Armstrong (1:02.62), and fifth was Margaret Guanci (1:02.91).
Lane 8’s and Swimming Worlds very own, Jamie Kolar, touched in sixth at 1:03.18, a best time. The winner of the 200 Freestyle earlier tonight, Hannah Burvill, came in seventh at 1:03.30. Hannah Lindsey rounds out the A final with a time of 1:03.68.
Men’s 100 Backstroke
As the distance gets shorter, the times get closer! The Men’s 100 Backstroke was a race to the finish. 18 year-old Peter Larson takes the win at 56.37. Maximillian St. George of Fox Valley came in second at 56.76, and John Colin came in third with a 56.83.
Tyler Klatt (57.58) of Wyoming began the 57 wave, followed by Griffin O’Leary (57.71), Collin Schuster (57.75), William Brenton (57.76), and Daniel Sivak (57.90).
Women’s 400 Freestyle Relay
The loudest and most audience-engaged part of the night came around, and the swimmers did not disappoint. The top four teams were tight across the 8 lengths of the race, but Hawkeye Swim Club was first the wall. The Hawkeye Swim Club (3:48.45) came in first by over a second, ahead of Elmbrook Swim Club (3:49.64). Wisconsin Aquatics came in third with a time of 3:49.75, just ahead of Fox Valley Swim team at 3:50.83.
Fifth through eight were all within a half of a second of each other, making every spectator lean to the edge of their seat. Illini Swimming (3:56.31) took home fifth, followed by Riptide (3:46.42), Edina Swim Club (3:46.45), and Schroeder YMCA (3:56.82).
1 Hawkeye Swim Clu-IA 'A' 3:48.02 3:48.45 1) Drake, Kelsey 21 2) McDougall, Lauren 19 3) Burvill, Hannah 21 4) Schemmel, Sarah 20 2 Elmbrook Swim Cl-WI 'A' 3:53.34 3:49.64 1) Wanezek, Abigail 15 2) Schoof, Kaylyn 17 3) Wanezek, Margaret 13 4) Tiltmann, Reilly 15 3 Wisconsin Aquati-WI 'A' 3:53.09 3:49.75 1) Palmer, Alana 18 2) Waechter, Madison 20 3) Stupar, Julia 19 4) Cortina, Isabel 19 4 Fox Valley Swim-IL 'A' 3:54.95 3:50.83 1) Stone, Mckenna 16 2) Stege, Rachel 16 3) Ruan, Tiffanie 16 4) Ciezczak, Megan 16 5 Illini Swimming-IL 'A' 3:57.18 3:56.31 1) Curtis, Emma 19 2) Anderson, Kristin 20 3) Cano, Sarah 19 4) Cabush, Abigail 19 6 Riptide-MN 'A' 3:57.67 3:56.42 1) Dougan, Claudia 17 2) Soudakova, Yekaterina 17 3) Hutchins, Megan 14 4) Burg, Nicole 17 7 Edina Swim Club-MN 'A' 3:52.17 3:56.45 1) Jia, Yvonne 15 2) Niebuhr, Elle 17 3) McCarthy, Kelli 19 4) Gremmels, Lily 16 8 Schroeder YMCA S-WI 'A' 3:57.61 3:56.82 1) Remington, Erika 17 2) Hartlieb, Megan 16 3) Dix, Riley 16 4) Brostowitz, Victoria 14
Men’s 400 Freestyle Relay
Each swim team brought their absolute A-game, which made for it to be an exciting event to watch. Elmbrook Swim Club pulled an upset and took home the gold at a time of 3:27.96. Just eleven hundredths behind, was Wisconsin Aquatics at 3:28.07. Hawkeye Swim Club (3:27.96), was just ahead of Wyoming Aquatics (3:29.26). Fox Valley Swim Team (3:30.61) finished fifth, and out touched fellow Illinois team’s, St.Charles Swim Team (3:31.09), and West Swim Club (3:32.61). To round out the top 8 came Edina Swim Club at 3:33.90.
1 Elmbrook Swim Cl-WI 'A' 3:30.89 3:27.96 1) Perez, Emilio 16 2) Linnihan, Ryan 18 3) Schoof, Mason 19 4) Linnihan, Michael 17 2 Wisconsin Aquati-WI 'A' 3:29.19 3:28.07 1) Braun, Kevin 21 2) Stines, Niko 21 3) Geunes, Eric 21 4) Aman, Caleb 19 3 Hawkeye Swim Clu-IA 'A' 3:30.52 3:28.64 1) Rosenkoetter, Jacob 20 2) Pederson, Thomas 20 3) Fiolic, Stjepan 22 4) Myhre, Joseph 21 4 Wyoming Aquatics-WY 'A' 3:34.85 3:29.26 1) Musser, Philip 21 2) Bouda, James 19 3) Sloan, Grant 19 4) Netzel, Ryan 19 5 Fox Valley Swim-IL 'A' 3:30.36 3:30.61 1) Boyle, Connor 16 2) Simpson, Jared 19 3) St. George, Maximilian 22 4) Deshpande, Aayush 17 6 St Charles Swim-IL 'A' 3:31.52 3:31.09 1) Filipovic, Aleksej 15 2) Nagler, Matthew 17 3) Windle, Calvin 16 4) Myhre, William 18 7 West Swim Club-IL 'A' 3:37.83 3:32.61 1) Dunne, Conor 18 2) Vitek, Jeffrey 19 3) McCarthy, Connor 16 4) Lahmann, Donovan 18 8 Edina Swim Club-MN 'A' 3:32.36 3:33.90 1) Gray, Andrew 18 2) Tullemans, Nicholas 19 3) Webb, Charles 18 4) Larson, Peter 18
Day 3 of the Speedo Sectional in Minneapolis will continue tomorrow with the 200 Backstroke, 400 Freestyle, 100 Breaststroke, 100 Butterfly, and the 800 Freestyle Relay. Prelims will begin at 9 a.m. CT and finals at 6 p.m. CT.